Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

broken or too-quickly worn out stuff. We are amateurs, bu t have n eve r raced with out fresh oil , ch ain adjust ments , en gines timed, t he whole top m ain t errance hi t. I w onder h ow m an y o f us can te ll si mi la r s tories. It 's a grea t sport b ut sometimes on t he way to the track , w ith a b rown b ag lu nc h an d worrying if there 's e no ugh fue l to las t th ree rno to s, o r e noug h m o n ey to pay th e weld er.. .if.. . JOE PH IL LIPS Amateur No. 27 Old Ti mers MX Assoc. At least one staff racer agrees that it is not the cost of being com pe titive that k ills yo ur bank balance , it's t he cost of jus t keeping th e scoot running. In many ways m o t orcy clin g is still light- y ears beh ind... Ed. One before one In y our edition V olume Xl Numbe r February 5 , 1974, I read th e advertise men t b y Yamah a. In th e lowe r right corner it reads, HA t twenty o ne , Ke nny is th e y oungest rider eve r t o cap tu re the Number O ne Plate ." I do n o t in te n d t o take a ny cre dit aw ay from Kenny Roberts b eca use h e is truly a supe rb rid er , b u t I t h in k Bra d An d res, Nation al Champ in 1955 was only 19 o r 20 years ol d wh en he ea rned Nu mber On e . Please research and p rin t th e re p ly in yo ur fin e p aper. 4, DENl' IS B U R K~ IAN Per A MA N ew s magazin e, Brad was 19 w h en he earned h is plate in 1955 ; carried it in 1956.. . Ed . Open letter to anti-MX Moms De ar Mo thers , T h is letter is from o n e m other w ho w as figh tin g w ith h er tw o so ns an d husband o ver ra cing bikes wh o now can say sh e's gla d sh e lo st ! T im e and time agai n, th o se b o ys have sh own me o n the track th at t hey h ave learned lessons in true spor tsm ansh ip tha t wo u ld have b een h ard for m e to te ach th em. Fo r example, o n e o f my so ns was winning hi s class recently when he got a fla t on t he last la p o f moto two. We dis covered t h at h e had loaned h is tube t o some on e , in a no the r class but t wo o f his buddies ridin g ag ai ns t h im in th e same clas s came through to he lp with a tube a n d mountin g the tire . The re was a lot o f ra zzing going o n but a ll th ree h eads we re t ogether tr ying to ge t a bike an d rider o u t for th e last m oto, My son h as brought some frie nds home fro m sch o ol wh o a re fu ll of ideas tha t can m ean problems an d trouble but th o se kid s o ut a t th e race tr ack have their h eads o n st ra ight, T hey work a t a ll kinds o f o d d jobs to be a b le to race o n Sunda y, and as a m oth er , I am m ight y pro ud o f a ll of the m . MIK E WICH ER SH AM 'S :-'IOM San Lui s Obispo, Calif. Hattie for Molly Mo lly Blue h as he lped brighten Cycle Ne ws for we mo un tain b o ys th is pas t year. A grou p fro m o ur cl ub went to th e Astrodome and we looked fo rward to seeing w h o w ould be the new Moll y Blue. T he results th ere just di d n 't t urn o u t right, in o ur o p inion , an d we just wan t to tell Ha ttie th at she won our hea rt s. As fa r as w e are concerned , she is Molly t o us. Whil e Hattie ca m e through with a good en th usia stic "Aldana Lip -L ock " for th ose winners, wh ich ce r ta in ly would be wh at a go od Moll y Blue would wan t for those boys, the newly ele cted Molly wa s ca refu l not to dirty h e r clo th es or mess up h er ex te nsi ve m ake-u p with such ch ores. Although the new Mo lly is striking t o lo ok at and ce rta in ly is a pro in fr ont o f the ca me ras , Hattie is a m otorcyclist s ' type of girl , wh o is lovely, friend ly , and e n te rs into th e spi ri t of t he situati on. In sh o r t Ha tti e , yo u ' re o ur k ind o f gal. T he Dust ers M.C . of Colo rad o Springs & Bill Do ran Col o rado Sprin g, Col o . A n d b esid es that. she lik es blue... Ed. Justice is unique After reading Mr. joe Be gums' article o n the firs t rou n d o f the California State T ria ls Ch ampionship (p . 22, Feb. 12, Cycle N ew s ), I can o n ly ass u me t hat Mr. Bogums is a man with a un ique sense o f j u dg emen t. How a trial in wh ich th e defending Cali f ornia State Ch am p ion , Marland Wh al ey , th e Oregon State Champ io n , j oe Guglielmel li, jr., Martin S tran g of Eng land, an d several other riders wer e all d isqual ifi ed on th e sa m e very mino r an d petty technical it y , can be describ ed by Mr. Bogums as , " go ing off wi t hout an y o f the usu al h assles ," is be y on d com pre he nsio n. However , the o nly a uthori ty a t this even t re sted wi th Mr. Der e k Belvoir, a n o ve r - t he- hi l l tri a ls rid er , wh o see ms t o b e the self-ap poin te d Cza r of the Northern Califo rnia trial s orga n izatio n . He alo n e d isqualified all of the above riders for n o t foll owing th e loop b etween sectio ns 7 an d 8. T his failure to follow t he lo op w as in no w ay an a tt e m p t to c hea t o r save tim e on the p art of a n y o f these riders, but wa s ca u sed by a con fusi ng marker o n the loop. The disqualified riders, (no ne of w hom even knew th at th ey had b ee n disqualified until afte r th ey received the resul ts b y mail so me three wee k s a fte r t he t r ia l ) fi nd the mse lves m athem aticall y o u t of t his yea r's cham p io ns h ip, and wi thou t any rea l p ossi b ili t y of a p pea l, as th e only p erson they ca n file an ap peal wi th is Mr. Belvoir. I also noticed th at Mr. Bogu ms failed t o give credit anywhere in his story to the actual winner of th is tri al, th e v i s i t in g F in nis h Ch ampion , Yrj o Vesterin en, wh o turned in a final score o f 15, which w as 2 p oin ts lower th an tha t o f Lane Leav itt. J OAN M. WHAL EY San tee . Calif. With a " U" and an " A" Th e ca r in questi on in New Products Uan . 29 ) is a Volvo 142. What d o I win ? DICK CARLSON Olathe. Kans. .. .t he k id, t w o Cy cle N ew s stickie s an d a banana... Ed. The nlamoos Avon fires 1974 Calendar YouPS fop onlv 13.00 You 've se en it in mo torcycle shops . Now, for the firs t time a vailable to the p u b lic. Hug e 15 inch b y 24 inch full-color spi ral b oun d . And the g irls are so fantastic you won' t be lieve you r eyes . Send $3.00 to Av on/ Ha p Jones. P.O . Box 3068. Sa n Fra ncisco , Ca. 941 19. "~WI ."eN Give your bike ataste of Isle o f Man stream lining w ith t his original equi pment Norton Manx head fairi ng. Fit s any bi ke whose head light mounts w ith two bolts. Available eit her blank (w hit e) sty le for use as a front nu mber plate or with 350 -500 size hole (black version) fo r th e headlight. Comes w ith mounts and wi nd screen f or only $29.95 from : FIBERCRAFT JACWALCORP 3686 So. Main, Los A ngeles, CA 90007 (213 ) 234-1305 or 6337 Manchester Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90 620 (714) 523-7660. Thanks again We'd lik e t o than k th e rid ers a n d a ll th e o the r kind p eople w ho con tri b u te d to a fund raise d for j im Co ok e a t th e m ot o cr oss in Hia lea h , Flo rid a o n Feb. 10. j im w as in jured on th e Th urs day b ef ore the race a nd di slo cated h is kn ee. T he o p era tio n w en t fine a nd he 's now on h is w ay to reco ver y. Speci al th anks to Gary J ones a nd Peter Larn ppu wh o a lso co n trib u ted t heir to ta l p rize m o n ey won o n S unday. We both agree that the m o to rc y cle people h ave go t to be a comb in a tio n o f the greatest p eople in the wo rld . jl~ 1 & S USA;\I COOKE N umber 25 J im is still no t o u t of t h e finan cial w ood s . D onations f o r th e knee op eration can go t o: Mrs. J am es Co oke, 14 51 R ich ma n K n o ll. Fuller to n, CA 92632.. .Ed . 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